Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [verb] me [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DIRECTOR Terence Young has been telling me about his new film project — a suspense movie , Metal Tree , starring close friend Brooke Shields . |
| 2 | JOHN Mortimer has been telling me about his first ever speaking role in Rumpole of the Bailey , his popular television series . |
| 3 | MODEL Sophia Berggren has been telling me about the unusual special effects used for her current Clairol hair colouring advertisement . |
| 4 | ANNA Bergman has been telling me about her best Christmas present — a reconciliation with her father , Swedish film director Ingmar . |
| 5 | Marie has been telling me about her . |
| 6 | Colin Pawson , the Royal Mail 's head of philatelic marketing , has been telling me of the energy stored in the gum on the back . |
| 7 | THE Rev. Martin Smyth , MP , has been telling me of a neat little trick pulled by local people to have houses built at Innes Place on the Donegall Road . |
| 8 | IAN KNOX of Ardglass has been telling me of the hazards of his favourite pastime , riding penny-farthing bicycles . |
| 9 | My hon. Friend has been to see me about this matter with a group of colleagues . |
| 10 | Er the N F U representative for Nottinghamshire , based in Stanford has been to see me about it |
| 11 | Er has been to see me about it , but I 've said that the initiative for farm watch has got to come from them , I said , we 're not gon na stand up and draw up a load of support and expect us to service the damn thing , I said it 's up to you and your members to do it , and I still think he 's trying to get us to do it via the back door , He 's been to talk to me now about it , and I 've told him exactly what I want to do and that we we 'll be involved , but it ai n't gon na be a police run scheme , it 's gon na be a farmer 's run scheme with police support locally . |
| 12 | Platt said : ‘ It has been niggling me for some time and , although it is nothing serious , it has been decided to sort it out sooner rather than later . ’ |
| 13 | Ozymandias , whose famous admonishment has been haunting me from Day One , seems to lurk round every corner , laughing up his sleeve . |
| 14 | ‘ That bloody bird has been annoying me for days . ’ |
| 15 | No less than three supporters , all before opening time , have told me that they know for certain that a League chairman has been watching me in recent weeks . |
| 16 | Old body disposer Pugh 's nephew Duncan has been begging me for months to let him play and things have got so desperate I have no choice but to take him on . |
| 17 | For I appear to be going round in circles in answer to a question which has been worrying me for some time . |
| 18 | Something else about the chimney-breast , I realize , has been worrying me for some time now . |
| 19 | But I have met your brother at long last and Mrs Powers has been regaling me with the most fascinating pieces of village gossip . ’ |
| 20 | Well , lately I 've begun to understand that God has been punishing me for my pride and my past wickedness . |
| 21 | Charlton confessed : ‘ This one has been troubling me for some time . |
| 22 | I WOULD like to post a question that has been troubling me for some time . |
| 23 | John suggests £10 — £15 has been allowed me for costumes . ’ |
| 24 | As soon as they pulled up in the courtyard of Broom House , Joanna jumped out and said jubilantly , ‘ Mr Jarvis has been putting me through my paces with regard to pigs . |
| 25 | Anyway , you know , I 'd been er , it has been staring me in the face for so often . |
| 26 | They were soon strolling with me round the house as if they 'd been expecting me for weeks . |
| 27 | She deserved it , she 'd been tormenting me for weeks , calling me Comic Stripper because I told better jokes than she did . |
| 28 | I 'm letting you in on the latest fashion and all you can do is accuse me of lying . |
| 29 | All you 'll do is imprison me in your castle . ’ |
| 30 | He says that I never feel randy these days , that I 'm ‘ cold ’ , and that the anorexia is stopping my hormones , which he says is stopping me from feeling sexy . |